Email: [email protected]
Instagram: @aliciafingerpainting
Born in Hammonton, NJ
Lives and works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Education
2014 MFA, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2011 BFA, Concentration in Painting, Arcadia University, Glenside, PA
2011 Visual Artist’s in Italy Program, Arcadia University
Professional Experience
2020 – present
¾ Time Faculty, Instructor of Color and Design and Color Theory, Color and Design Area
Coordinator and Student Gallery Advisor, Department of Art, Rowan University,
Glassboro, NJ
2019 – present
Adjunct Professor, Drawing II, Design I, Art 101, Rowan College at Burlington County,
Mount Holly, NJ
2016 – 2020
Adjunct Professor, Drawing I, Color and Design, Expressive Drawing, Art
Appreciation, Introduction to Painting, Introduction to Watercolor, Intermediate Painting,
and Color Theory, Department of Art, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ
2016 – 2020
Recruiting Consultant, Department of Art, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ
2016 – present
Portrait and Live Event Painter, Alicia Finger Painting, LLC, Philadelphia, PA
2014 – Curator, Curatorial Internship, The Philadelphia Insurance Company, Bala Cynwald, PA
Professional Affiliations
2023 – Present
Da Vinci Art Alliance
2021 – Present
Philadelphia Collage Works Artist Collective
Exhibitions
2024 Upside Down, Inside Out, and Sideways, Da Vinci Art Allianace, Philadelphia, PA
2023 Formation, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
2023 Block Party, An Exhibition by Philadelphia Collageworks, DaVinci Art Alliance,
Philadelphia, PA
2023 Summer at CultureWorks, A DVAA Exhibition, CultureWorks, Philadelphia, PA
2023 Solo Exhibition, Benna’s Café, Philadelphia, PA
2023 Juried Group Exhibition, Moments of Transformation, The Morgan Paper Conservatory,
Cleveland, Ohio, Jurors: Alexandra Coon and J. Leigh Garcia
2022 Philadelphia Collage Works, The Rainbow Show, Benna’s Café, Philadelphia, PA
2022 Juried Group Exhibition, Ambiguity, Media Arts Council, Media, PA
2021 The Dean’s Suite, Roher School of Business, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ
2021 Philadelphia Collage Works, The Rainbow Show, Cheltenham Center for the Arts,
Cheltenham, PA
2021 Westby Faculty and Staff Exhibition, Westby Gallery, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ
2021 Juried Group Exhibition, Summerhouse, Hot-Bed Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2021 Juried Group Exhibition, Merged II: The Second National Exhibition of Collage and.
Assemblage, The Norfolk d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA
2021 Juried Group Exhibition, 215/610 Contemporary Juried Exhibition of Regional Emerging
Artists, The Gallery at DCCC, Delaware County, Pennsylvania Juror: Christina
Vassallo, Executive Director of The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia
2021 Juried Group Exhibition, Drawn to Paper, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY
Juror: Susan Rostow
2020 Small Works Exhibition, Medford Arts Center, Medford, NJ
2020 First Time Since the Last Time, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ
2019 Faculty Exhibition, Rowan College at Burlington County, Mount Holly, NJ
2019 First Friday, Gonzo Glass Gallery, Mount Holly, NJ
2019 Transitions: Summer Juried Exhibition 2019, Abington Art Center, Abington, PA
2019 Rowan University Faculty Exhibition, Pitman Art Gallery, Pitman, NJ
2018 Juried Group Exhibition, Catalyst, Spillway Collective, Philadelphia, PA
2018 “6x6”, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY
2017 Group Exhibition, Casciano’s Gallery, Hammonton, NJ
2014 Annual Student Exhibition, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts,
Philadelphia, PA
2014 Curator, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art MFA Group Exhibition, The Philadelphia
Insurance Company, Bala Cynwald, PA
2013 Gallery 128 Mid-Winter Juried Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts,
Philadelphia, PA
2012 Solo Exhibition, The Grande Opera House, Wilmington, DE
2012 Juried Group Exhibition, “Soft” Gallery 8, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts,
Philadelphia, PA
2012 Mud and Maker Opening Reception, Pottsville, PA
2011 Solo Exhibition “Third Thursday” Casciano’s Gallery, Hammonton, NJ
2011 “Drawing Connections” Siena Art Institute, Siena, Italy
2011 Arcadia University Senior Thesis Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
2010 Arcadia University Advanced Drawing Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
2010 Arcadia University Senior Thesis Cube Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
2009 Arcadia University NASAD Reaccreditation Show, Philadelphia, PA
2009 Arcadia University Visual Artist in Italy Show, Philadelphia, PA
2008 PCCH Music and Arts Festival, Philadelphia, PA
Lectures, Workshops, and Exhibitions Juried
2023 Artist Talk, Block Party, Philadelphia Collage Works, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia,
PA
2022 – 23
Philadelphia CollageWorks Community Collage Quilt Collage Making Events, InLiquid,
Art Well, and Klein Life, Philadelphia, PA
2022 Artist Talk, First Place Juror’s Award, Media Arts Council, Media, PA
2022 What’s in the Bag? Collage and the Creative Process, Symposium for Interdisciplinary
Arts, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ
2018-19
Portfolio Workshop, Summer STEAM Academy, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ
2016 Juror, “Montville Mudd” Ceramics Invitational Exhibition, Montville, NJ
2016 Key-note speaker, West Deptford National Art Honors Society Induction Ceremony,
Westville, NJ
2014 Curatorial Lecture, Contemporary Art and the Workplace, The Philadelphia Insurance.
Company, Bala Cynwald, PA
Collections and Commissions
Brooklyn Art Library, The Sketchbook Project
Private Collections
Awards and Honors
2022 First Place Juror’s Award, Ambiguity: Juried Painting Exhibition, Media Arts Council,
Media, PA
2022 Outstanding Contribution, Rowan University Department of Art, Glassboro, NJ
2012-14 MFA Merit Award, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA.
2012-14 MFA Academy Scholarship, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,
Philadelphia, PA.
2011 Received Departmental Honors, Arcadia University, Glenside, PA
2007-11 Distinguished Scholarship, Arcadia University, Glenside, PA
2007-11 Merit Scholarship, Arcadia University, Glenside, PA